98th German Catholic Congress ends with an open-air mass

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The chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, the Archbishop of Freiburg Robert Zollitsch, makes the sign of the cross, while walking towards the altar. He caries his crosier and wears his mitre.

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Three altar girls carry the cross and two lights towards the altar.

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The chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, the Archbishop of Freiburg, Robert Zollitsch, leaves at the end of the mass. He caries his crosier and wears his mitre.

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The Bishop of Regensburg, Gerhard Ludwig Müller, invites everyone to the next German Catholic Congress, which is held in 2014 in Regensburg.

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The chairman of the Committee of German Catholics, Alois Glück, closes the German Catholic Congress with a speech.

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The chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, the Archbishop of Freiburg, Robert Zollitsch, blesses the cross with incense.

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The chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, the Archbishop of Freiburg Robert Zollitsch, preaches his sermon. The writing behind him states 'Dare a new departure'.

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The chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, the Archbishop of Freiburg Robert Zollitsch, presents the Bible to the congregation.

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A priest is reading from the Gospel, assisted by two altar girls.

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The bible is carried by a priest toward the altar.

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A priest gives out the Eucharist to a member of the congregation.

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Poeple from different parts of Germany, carrying theior special made pilgrim's stafs walk towards the altar.

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The Lutheran Bishop Gerhard Ulrich and Dr. Gerhard Robbers, the President of the 34th German Lutheran Congress, invite everyone to the next German Lutheran Congress, to be held in Hamburg in 2013.

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The bishops leave the altar at the end of the open air mass.

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Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, holds up the chalice. The other bishops are the Papal Nuncio Archbishop Jean-Claude Perisset (l), Bishop of Regensburg, Gerhard Ludwig Müller (2nd r) and the Peruvian Archbishop Salvador Pineiro Garcia-Calderon (r).

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The Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, holds up the host. The other bishops are the Papal Nuncio Archbishop Jean-Claude Perisset (l), Bishop of Regensburg, Gerhard Ludwig Müller (2nd r) and the Peruvian Archbishop Salvador Pineiro Garcia-Calderon (r).

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The Archbishop of Freiburg, Robert Zollitsch blesses the bible, the Bishop of Regensburg, Gerhard Ludwig Müller, stands on the right.

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Gebhard Fürst, the Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart (left), the Peruvian Archbishop Salvador Pineiro Garcia-Calderon (middle) and the Bishop of Regensburg, Gerhard Ludwig Müller (right), walk towards the altar.

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The Bible is presented to the Bishop of Regensburg, Gerhard Ludwig Müller. The other bishops are Archbishop of Freiburg, Robert Zollitsch (left) and Peruvian Archbishop Salvador Pineiro Garcia-Calderon (right)..

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The 98th German Catholic Congress ends after five days with an open-air mass in the Mannheim Palace. The mass was celebrated by Archbishop of Freiburg, Robert Zollitsch, Bishop Gebhard Fürst and the Papel Nuncio Jean-Claude Périsset.